Through Math for America, I am part of an on-going collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/test-yourself-math-oct-3-2011/
This question is based on Facebook’s claim that they have 800 million users, and asks “What percentage of the world’s population uses Facebook every day?”
My latest contribution to the New York Times Learning Network is a math lesson built around gathering, representing, and analyzing economic indicator data.
By getting data on Real G.D.P., personal income, corporate profits, and unemployment from official sources like the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Department of Labor, students explore positive and negative correlations between the various economic indicators.
In addition, students can explore the relationships between graphs of quantities and their rates of change by creating and comparing graphs of percent change.
Through Math for America, I am part of an on-going collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/test-yourself-math-sept-7-2011/
This question comes from an article about the proliferation of expensive summer camps catering to wealthy clientele. How much does a day of high-end summer camp cost?
Through Math for America, I am part of an on-going collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/test-yourself-math-aug-31-2011/
This question is based on a recent report tying U.S. Census data to consumer spending. Approximately how much is spent on back-to-school clothing per student?
Through Math for America, I am part of an on-going collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/test-yourself-math-aug-29-2011/
This problem is based on the government bailout of General Motors. How much would the U.S. government lose if they sold all their G.M. stock right now?